fain
英 [feɪn]
美 [feɪn]
adv. 欣然; 乐意地
BNC.49172 / COCA.31712
牛津词典
adv.
- 欣然；乐意地
willingly or with pleasure- I would fain do as you ask.
听候你的吩咐。
- I would fain do as you ask.
英英释义
adj
- having made preparations
- prepared to take risks
adv
双语例句
- The prime minister himself would fain wait upon him at breakfast.
首相很乐意亲自伺候他吃早餐。 - Is not remorse the justice which is administered by that very law which you would fain serve?
难道悔恨不正是你们所侍奉的法律实施的公正？ - I have thought of it often, often, when watching with pitiful eyes those who were struggling with sorrow, suffering, and distress; and I would fain cut short the discipline and give deliverance.
我把这事想了又想。许多时侯我们看见人们在忧愁，困苦，艰难中挣扎，我们觉得很是可怜；我们常愿意把神的法则变更，给他们属人的帮助。 - Her hope was, that Linton might be left with him, as he had been with her: his father, she would fain convince herself, had no desire to assume the burden of his maintenance or education.
她的希望是把林惇交给他，就像他从前和她在一起一样；她自己也情愿相信，这孩子的父亲根本不想担起抚养和教育他的义务。 - As well as having an aptitude for mathematics, Mr Fain é also cites the homespun wisdom of his mother, who ran a dairy shop in Barcelona and taught him the importance of pricing goods, discounting and bargaining.
除了具备数学方面的天赋，费恩还大谈他母亲身上那种朴素的智慧。他母亲在巴塞罗那开了一间乳品店，教给了他商品定价、打折和讨价还价的重要性。 - We made her stop: she'd fain have ridden forwards, afeard you should be uneasy.
是我们叫她停下来的。她想骑马向前去，又怕你不放心。 - I would fain say something, not so much concerning the Chinese and Sandwich Islanders as you who read these pages, who are said to live in New England;
我愿意民谈及的这些事，与中国和三维治岛居民并无多大关联，而与你们这些读者&据说是居住在新英格兰的人却关联很大； - Fain would we await the time when due respect shall be paid to our art and ideals.
我们将欣然等待我们的艺术与理想得到应有尊重的那一天。 - As we walked home, I would fain have enlightened my charge on the characters of the people we had quitted; but she got it into her head that I was prejudiced against them.
在我们走回来的时候，我真想谈谈我们刚离开的这些人的性格，以此来开导开导我所照顾的人；可是她已经有了成见，反倒说我对他们有偏见了。 - And I fain would have you lose your hearts in the singing.
我愿你们全心全意地歌唱它，不愿你们在歌唱时迷失自己的心。